Re: Tubes! They do a ____ good!

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

That's a beautiful poetic verse about tube amplification, but I can't 
begin to say what a load that is!  Ha!  (all pun intended)  The way a 
tube amp reacts to the varying load of a speaker is more of a dynamic 
filter than anything.  That warmth is the sound of harsh harmonics 
being taken away, not puppy fairy harmonic love love birds flying 
gracefully through your guitar amp.

Needless to say, they do indeed sound very nice.

Mark Sottilaro

On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 02:13 PM, <stanitarium@earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> quote of howard dumble, boutique amp maker to the stars:
> "tubes...(comparing to ss)-the difference comes down to this: the more
> fragile harmonics can survive in a vacuum tube; where they seem to be
> eliminated or squashed in a solid state crystal lattice. maybe it just 
> comes
> down to that. the physics of it: electrons can survive in a free-space
> vacuum where they have trouble in a crystal lattice-the best and 
> simplist i
> can put it."(remember, he is talkin to guitar players :-)